Chapter 1641 - Hate (2) (1/2)

It was no good to harp on matters he couldn't figure out. The twins spoke about his smell, but as things stood now, this piece of information was useless. Because of the state of their bodies, the twins had long since lost their sense of smell. So, it was impossible to experiment with what it might mean.

Dyon could only blame himself once more. With his intelligence, he had long since found it weird that the twins recognized him, yet he had never bothered to ask.

Still, Dyon had the faint inkling that even if their olfactory senses were still in good condition, it wouldn't have helped him figure out much anyway. According to the twins, they had never smelled that peculiar smell in their lives, but the moment they did, they felt a sense of comfort they had never felt before.

At first, they were apprehensive to say any more, but under Dyon's prying they finally spilled the rest.

”Around you… Our pain didn't feel as bad anymore… In fact, being around you feels quite good…” Mia finally said.

Hearing these words, the towering guilt Dyon felt only rose higher. He was quite literally their panacea, yet they hadn't even shown any reluctance to let him go. They refused to burden him to the point where they harmed themselves.

”You don't need to feel bad.” Mia said hurriedly. ”The reason why we never told you was because even you couldn't stop what was happening. Although we felt much better around you, we realized that the disease actually sped up instead of slowing down…”

”Oh…” Dyon felt that an avenue toward hope was suddenly shut off. He had never felt at such a loss.

There was a rumor in the mortal world that had always stuck with Dyon. Apparently, when one died by asphyxiation, there was a final moment of absolute euphoria near the end of their lives. In that last moment, the world would suddenly seem incredibly bright.

Maybe, being around Dyon was similar for the twins… According to Dyon's calculations, they should have lived 10-15 more years, but it had only been 6 and they were already on their death's bed.

Dyon suddenly realized that he shouldn't visit the twins anymore. If what they said was true, then he was only speeding them toward their deaths.

He had no idea why it was that they experienced these things around him, and he had no way of knowing. But, he definitely didn't want to be the reason they died earlier than they should.

”Big brother, please don't stop visiting us.” Bella said weakly. ”If you stop… Then I'd really want to die…”

Dyon's heart seized. How could he ignore such a request?